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Date:      Tue, 16 Mar 1999 15:10:08 -0800 (PST)
From:      Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com>
To:        martin.kraft@fal.de
Cc:        freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: i/o error with larger QIC
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.04.9903161509290.12815-100000@feral-gw>
In-Reply-To: <199903162302.BAA13911@hpcs14.dv.fal.de>

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> I know, the problem with some SCSI tape drives was already
> reported and discussed during the last days. Maybe the following
> information can help to address the problem better. If not, please
> do not spend time on responding. I will follow this list and wait
> for the solution.
> 
> My personal situation is, that after upgrading from FreeBSD 2.2.7 to 3.1
> on sunday, I am not able to restore from part of my QIC tapes.
> 
> The drive is a:
> 
> sa0 at bt0 bus 0 target 4 lun 0
> sa0: <WANGTEK 5525ES SCSI M75D > Removable Sequential Access SCSI-CCS device
> sa0: 4.32MB/s transfers (4.32MHz, offset 14)       
> 
> I can read DC 6150 tapes (written under 2.2.7) without problems. But it
> is impossible to read from a DC 6525:
> 
> su-2.02# tar -t
> tar: read error on /dev/rsa0 : Input/output error
> su-2.02# mt status
> Mode      Density         Blocksize      bpi      Compression
> Current:  QIC-320         512 bytes      16000    unsupported
> ---------available modes---------
> 0:        QIC-320         512 bytes      16000    unsupported
> 1:        QIC-320         512 bytes      16000    unsupported
> 2:        QIC-320         512 bytes      16000    unsupported
> 3:        QIC-320         512 bytes      16000    unsupported
> ---------------------------------
> Current Driver State: at rest.
> ---------------------------------
> File Number: 0  Record Number: 0
> su-2.02#  
> 

If you set to 1KB blocksize, can you read those tapes?




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